Text completely shrinks and turns jagged after rendering

[Noa Sussmann]

Thanks.
The display is by a projection on a wall/screen. Since there are many textual components, and the distance of the projection is varied as well, I chose this resolution. Another reason behind this choice is the fact that this projection is done in parallel to a display of an artist’s book I am working on.
Yet this work should be displayed also on Vimeo.

[Walter Soyka]

[Noa Sussmann] “Since there are many textual components, and the distance of the projection is varied as well, I chose this resolution.”

There is no standard interface to feed a projector an 1800x2850px image. Unless you are using blended projection, I think that you should stick with a standard output format, like HD or 4K/UHD, depending on what system you will actually use for display.

If you really need to squeeze some extra vertical resolution out of the system, many projectors can be rotated, so you could go 1080×1920 — but again, you’d do this as a rotated image within a 1920×1080 frame.

Walter Soyka
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[Noa Sussmann]

This was also my thought. And I have some questions that may seem obvious.

Can I nest my current comp into a new comp of 1080×1920 while maintaining positioning, animations etc?

Just to check if I understood you correctly, do you suggest that the rotation will be done only at the projection stage?

Would you recommend changing the background color, and avoid having white on black?

Last, should I add any script for the vertical motion, or just check the motion blur?

[Walter Soyka]

[Noa Sussmann] “Can I nest my current comp into a new comp of 1080×1920 while maintaining positioning, animations etc? Just to check if I understood you correctly, do you suggest that the rotation will be done only at the projection stage?”

Yes — but make that output comp 1920×1080 and pre-rotate the material. Then, when it is projected via rotated projector, counter to the way you initially rotated in pre-production, it will appear correctly.

[Noa Sussmann] “Would you recommend changing the background color, and avoid having white on black?”

That’s a design choice. Black from projection will (mostly) disappear.

[Noa Sussmann] “Last, should I add any script for the vertical motion, or just check the motion blur?”

Sure. Judder is real. See here:
https://forums.creativecow.net/thread/2/1016790#1016808

Walter Soyka
Designer & Mad Scientist at Keen Live [link]
Motion Graphics, Widescreen Events, Presentation Design, and Consulting
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[Noa Sussmann]

Thanks a lot for this insightful response.

When asking about the white typeface and the black background, I referred the clarity of the animated text.

Also, how do I know what value should I put in the speedPxPerFrame?